How to say it in Chinese

Suggest in Chinese

to suggest · HSK 4

建议 jiàn yì

  1. 建 jiàn to build
  2. 议 yì to discuss

Counted with 个: 一个建议 yí gè jiànyì

我建议你早点休息。 I suggest you get some rest early.

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How do you say suggest in Chinese?

Suggest in Chinese is 建议 (jiàn yì).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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